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IN THE LOOP 4

KNITTING: FROM CRAFT TO COUTURE

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

(Please note this programme may be subject to change)

TUESDAY 25 AUGUST 2015

14.00 – 17.00 Early Registration, Foyer, 1 University Gardens

WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST 2015

09.00 – 10.00 Registration 10.00 – 10.30 Welcome and Introductions

Linda Newington, University of Southampton Lynn Abrams, University of Glasgow Marina Moskowitz, University of Glasgow

10.30 – 11.15 Plenary 1 Dinah Eastop, ‘Innovation in knit design, copyright and online exploration'

11.15 – 11.45 Tea and Coffee Session 1 Past and Present Making Practices

11.45 – 12.05 Barbara Burman, ‘’I am very proud of my purse’: researching long purses as material culture’

12.05 – 12.25 Jennie Atkinson, ‘Sparkle: the use of beads in fashion knitwear past and present’

12.25 – 12.45 Helen Robertson, ‘Textile Jewellery – A Sense of Place - Design Evolution in my Own Practice’

12.45 – 13.00 Questions to Panel 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch (own arrangements) 13.00 – 14.00 Barbara Smith and Angharad Thomas, Presentation on ‘The

Collections of the UK Knitting & Crochet Guild’ (Please feel free to bring lunch)

Session 2 Authenticity in Local and Global Contexts 14.00 – 14.20 Annemor Sundbø, ‘The Setesdal Sweater’ 14.20 – 14.40 Karie Westermann, Reading "The Sarah Lund Jumper": Local

Tradition, Global Attention 14.40 – 15.00 Siún Carden, ‘Reading Aran knitting: stitches, text and

interpretation’ 15.00 – 15.20 Linda Newington, ‘Knitting tension: authenticity and heritage,

inspiration and continuity' 15.20 – 15.45 Questions to Panel 15.45 – 16.15 Tea and Coffee 16.15 – 17.00 Plenary 2: Rosie Eribé, ‘"from Craft to Couture" ERIBÉ

Knitwear's experience of taking craft into the modern demands of couture’

18.30 – 19.30 Civic Reception at Glasgow City Chambers

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THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015

09.00 – 09.30 Day registrations 09.30 – 10.15 Plenary 3 Jonathan Faiers, ‘Exaggerated domesticity and

extravagant utility: Knitting and the runway Session 3 Earning a Living through Knitting

10.15 – 10.35 Lesley O’Connell Edwards, ‘“I see how knit stockings be sold: there is great buying of them at Evesham”: a survey of the knitting industry of wool garments in the late 16th century in England’

10.35 – 10.55

Jade Halbert, ‘Dropping stitches, pinching pennies: knitting outworkers in Easterhouse 1978-1982’

10.55 – 11.15 Questions to Panel 11.15 – 11.45 Tea and Coffee

Session 4 Roundtable on Knitting in the Digital Age

11.45 - 12:45 Jennifer Burek Pierce, ‘Patterns of Communication About Knitting: From Historical Context to Contemporary Media’

Ruth Gilbert, ‘Whose tradition is it anyway? Authenticity and appropriation in the internet age’

Alison Mayne, ‘Knitted Together: amateur makers weaving connections in online communities’

Kate Orton-Johnson, ‘K2tog – digital/knitting’ 12.45 – 13:45 Lunch (own arrangements)

12.45 – 13:45 Poster Session (Please feel free to bring lunch) Session 5 The Design Process

13.45 – 14.05 Karin Landahl, ‘Knitted Knots’ 14.05 – 14.25 Dellores Laing, ‘The Hunt for Carmini’ 14.25 – 14.45 Mandy Smith and Rachelle Moore, ‘Translating the Traditional to

the Digital’ 14.45 – 15.05 Kari Steihaug, ‘Unfinished and useless, remnants, secrets, and a

touch of poetry’ 15.05 – 15.30 Questions to Panel 15.30 – 16.00 Tea and Coffee

Session 6 Collecting and Collaborating Knitting Culture 16.00 – 16.20 Charlotte Mace, ‘Stash Exceeds Life Expectancy: Exploring

contemporary personal knitting collections and collecting behaviour’

16.20 – 16.40 Samantha Elliott, ‘Celebrating 100 years of Craft; a collaboration between Kingston University students and the Women's Institute’

16.40 – 17.00 Rose Sinclair, ‘The Culture club- the place of Women's Guilds, Dorcas Societies and Towns Women's Guilds, as places of making, knitting and cultural capital’

17.00 – 17.20 Joanna Mann, ‘The glue that binds: Knitting, archives and communities’

17.20 – 17.45 Questions to Panel 19.00 for 19.30 Conference Dinner

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FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2015

09.00 – 09.30 Day registrations Session 7 Thrift, Re-Use, and Sustainability

09.30 – 09.50 Lyanne Holcombe, ‘Smart Fashions For Limited Incomes: Disseminating Chic for Less Than a Penny A Day in Vogue’s 3rd Book of Knitting and Crochet’

09.50 – 10.10 Tom van Deijnen, ‘Old Techniques and New Cardigans: a case study in traditional knit repair techniques’

10.10 – 10.30 Tone Tobiasson and Ingun Klepp, 'Local Wool Solving the Conundrum: Knitting our way to a Sustainable Future'

10.30 – 10.45 Questions to Panel 10.45 – 11.15 Tea and Coffee

Session 8 Knitting and Gender 11.15 – 11.35 Roslyn Chapman, ‘James Moar: the only male Shetland lace

knitter?’ 11.35 – 11.55 Tom West, ‘Modern Masculinities in Knitting and Crochet’ 11.55 – 12.15 Katherine Harrison, and Cassie Ogden, ‘Knitting Together

Craft and Feminism: Narrative Research with Knitting Groups in North-West England and North Wales’

12.15 – 12.30 Questions to Panel 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch (own arrangements) 12.30 – 13.30 Poster Session (Please feel free to bring lunch)

Session 9 Knitting, Learning, and Reflection 13.30 – 13.50 Jill Rodgers and Grainne Swann, ‘Knitting students together:

Using hand knitting to improve student retention and wellbeing at University’

13.50 – 14.10 Margaret Sutherland and Niamh Stack, Knitting: ‘A Catalyst for Interdisciplinary Learning in Schools’

14.10 – 14.30 Anna Kouhia, ‘Examining (the meanings of) knitting through autoethnographic cinematography: a self-reflective journey’

14.30 – 14.45 Questions to Panel 14.45 – 15.30 Plenary 4: Di Gilpin, ‘From Croft to Couture: Maker and

Designer’ 15.30 – 17.00 Fashion Show and Closing Reception

Closing remarks Linda Newington, University of Southampton

Posters Johanne Couldrey, ‘How has the Scottish Fisher girl’s knitting skill been preserved in local consciousness, promoting awareness and engagement with history in East Anglia among new audiences?’ Kandy Diamond, ‘Death by knitting: Taking inspiration from an unusual representation of knitters in film, mirroring film-making processes with knit and craft techniques’

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Anna Fisk, ‘Community Knitting Project ’Knit Wild’’

Sue Reed, ‘Social pedagogy through embodied practice. An autoethnographic knitting journey’

Riina Tomberg and Christi Kütt, ‘Tradition, respect, inspiration’